Prediction: Someone is going to mention the Old Testament patriarchs without knowing enough history to understand that a) Abraham, e.g., was married to Sarah and arguably Hagar (well Hagar was his maidservant, so maybe there was no marriage at all there, but it gives us names for the example), but neither Sarah nor Hagar was “married” to the other woman. b) New Testament Christianity doesn’t approve of Old Testament polygamy anyway.

Mark Shea

Technically, *New Testament* Christianity is silent on polygamy (a fact noted by Luther and John Milton when they argued that polygamy should be lawful). It is Scripture read in light of apostolic Tradition that yeilds a monogamous view of Christian marriage.

Irenist

So Evangelical opponents of polygamy are living off borrowed Tradition, then? What a delightful factoid! Sometimes being wrong (as I was above) is surprisingly fun.